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Dale Johnson

9 Feb, 11 tweets, 2 min read

LATEST VAR STATS THREAD

Overturns: 78
Rejected: 3
Goals: 22
Disallowed: 25
Pens: 19 (4 missed)
-for handball: 8
-overturned: 12
-retakes: 3
Offside goals: 20
Allowed after offside: 4
Disallowed handball: 2
Allowed after handball: 0
Reds: 12
-overturned: 1
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VAR STATS (cont)

Most for: Brighton 8
Fewest for: Arsenal, WBA 1
Most against: Liverpool 9
Fewest against: Burnley 0
Most net for: Chelsea, Everton 3
Most net against: Liverpool, West Brom 5
Most involvement: Man United 14

VAR STATS (cont)

Most goals awarded: Leicester, Sheffield United 3
Most goals disallowed: Liverpool 6

Liverpool have had more goals disallowed than any team across the whole of last season. Next most this season is Aston Villa and Southampton on 3.

VAR STATS (cont)

Most goals to opposition: Brighton, Tottenham, West Brom 3
Most goals disallowed for opposition: Brighton, Tottenham, West Ham 3
Most penalties awarded: Leicester, Sheffield United 3
Most penalties conceded: Brighton, Liverpool, Tottenham 3

VAR STATS (cont)

Most subjective decisions for: Man United 5
Most subjective decisions against: Fulham 5
Best net goal score: Everton, Sheffield United +3
Worst net goal score: Liverpool -7

VAR overturns (net score)

Chelsea +3
Everton +3
Brighton +2
Burnley +2
Leeds +1
Man City +1
Man United +1
Newcastle +1
Sheffield United +1
Southampton +1
Aston Villa 0
Crystal Palace 0
Fulham 0
Leicester 0
West Ham 0
Wolves -1
Tottenham -2
Arsenal -3
Liverpool -5
West Brom -5

VAR overturns - decisions for

Brighton 8
Man United 7
Chelsea 5
Crystal Palace 5
Fulham 5
Southampton 5
Aston Villa 4
Everton 4
Leicester City 4
Liverpool 4
Newcastle 4
Sheffield United 4
Tottenham Hotspur 4
Leeds 3
Man City 3
West Ham 3
Wolves 3
Burnley 2
Arsenal 1
West Brom 1

VAR overturns - decisions against

Liverpool 9
Brighton 6
Man United 6
Tottenham 6
West Brom 6
Crystal Palace 5
Fulham 5
Arsenal 4
Aston Villa 4
Leicester City 4
Southampton 4
Wolves 4
Newcastle 3
Sheffield United 3
West Ham 3
Chelsea 2
Leeds 2
Man City 2
Everton 1
Burnley 0

REF VAR STATS

Most overturns (VAR): Jon Moss (9)
Most subjective overturns (VAR): Jon Moss (4)
Most subjective overturns (ref): Martin Atkinson, Mike Dean, Kevin Friend, Craig Pawson, Graham Scott (4)

REF VAR STATS

Most pens (VAR): Andre Marriner, Simon Hooper, Lee Mason, Jon Moss, Paul Tierney (2)
Most VAR penalties (ref): Craig Pawson (3)
Most VAR red cards (ref): Graham Scott (3)
Most red cards (VAR): Michael Oliver (2)
Most goals disallowed (VAR): Jon Moss (4)

REF VAR STATS

Most goals disallowed for offside (VAR): Jon Moss (3)
Least involvement (VAR): Anthony Taylor (1)
Least involvement (ref): Andre Marriner, Paul Tierney (1)
Least involvement, subjective only (ref): Darren England (0)

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It's Monday VAR thread time! Including:

- That Tomas Soucek red card
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It's a long one this week.... Remember, don't shoot the messenger.

First, the Soucek red card. Let's look at how this happened, and the thought process of the VAR, Lee Mason.

While ref Mike Dean has to take responsibility, it's Mason who must shoulder most of the blame.

Mason instigates the review, it cannot happen without his intervention.

A reminder of the wording of the law here on violent conduct.

"A player who, when not challenging for the ball, deliberately strikes an opponent or any other person on the head or face with the hand or arm, is guilty of violent conduct unless the force used was negligible."

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Okay, let's take a look at Tuesday night's madness in the Premier League, with the Laws and VAR.

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- Cancelled Man United pen
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As usual, don't shoot the messenger.

Let's start by explaining the Triple Punishment law, brought in from 2016-17.

It states a player is cautioned if the offence "was an attempt to play the ball" and "in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc.)" it's a red."

So, in general terms, Luiz and Bednarek both denied a goal-scoring opportunity with no attempt to play the ball.

That neither attempted to make a challenge isn't considered, as intent is no longer in the Laws of the Game.

They are better making a poor, desperate tackle.

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With travel far more difficult in 2021, this is going to be crucial information.

All clubs must work to obtain from the relevant authorities exemptions from existing travel restrictions, such as border closures and quarantine requirements, for the match to take place as scheduled.

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It's Monday VAR thread time, with only a few (high profile) things to mention:

- Southampton's "penalty" for handball
- Massively reduced interventions
- The offside equaliser
- Bruno Fernandes' challenge

Starting with the Southampton pen, it seems that the VAR, Mike Dean, has become tangled with the absolute letter of the law.

There are similarities with the Rodri decision for Man City, which went against Villa.

Neither decision was "what football expects."

"What football expects" is a key mantra of the VAR project.

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Rodri was offside.
Matty Cash gave away a penalty.

No one would have argued with either.

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Dale Johnson

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Tyrone Mings chesting the ball was judged by the officials and the VAR a deliberate act to play the ball and that reset the offside phase, bringing Rodri onside.

Can't agree, and surely has to be offside in this circumstance.

#MCIAVL

For me, this is the key point.

If Mings had made a deliberate play, messed up and the ball ran to Rodri, offside is reset.

But Mings' deliberate play was to control the ball and then he had it stolen off him by a player in an offside position. #MCIAVL

Obviously this is open to interpretation.

"A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent who deliberately plays the ball is not considered to have gained an advantage."

So for me it's whether you believe Rodri *received* the ball from Mings, or stole it.

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Looking at you, Man City, Man United and Tottenham.

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